Band 2, Health App and Battery Drain

zei20t

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me too! every night before I went to bed, id get the dreaded low battery warning @ 5%. have to wait 30 mins for some charge before I went to sleep......... now, I cant remember which day I charged it........
 

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Since 14393.103 I noticed I didn't have to worry about the band battery as much anymore. Probably back to threshold levels. They specifically mentioned band2 bluetooth on the release notes and they came through on it.
 

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Lumia 550. Windows 10 version 14393.67. Had to factory reset my phone last week. Before reset, Band 2 would get 48-50 hours, but after reset, Band 2 battery life has been cut to less than 24 hours. Has MSFT acknowledged the issue with the latest Windows 10 version?
 

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Has MSFT acknowledged the issue with the latest Windows 10 version?

Mentioned in post #36 of this thread - Microsoft acknowledged the issue with build 14393.103 released to the Slow and Release Insider rings about 3 weeks ago, but you have the latest build available to non-Insiders.

Improved battery life of wearable devices (such as the Microsoft Band) while Bluetooth is connected and idle.
 

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Yes, 14393.189 has solved this problem. I confirm!!! Unfortunately Weather tile, SMS typing and voice commands still do not work with Windows 10 Mobile and MS Band 2.
 

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My Band's battery life was cut down to a day after the anniversary update. I suspected that the Band and my Lumia 950 were communicating more frequently, but it didn't seem to have a meaningful impact on notifications. It was the Health app update last Thursday that seems to finally fix Bluetooth functionality, but the excessive battery drain seemed to persist.

I now have the Band paired with my iPhone 7 and battery life is back up to 2 days. Notifications also work more reliably than they ever did on the 950. Except, of course, for the aforementioned update on the last day I was using that phone.
 

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